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Colorado Counties
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Colorado Counties
Colorado currently has sixty-four counties. The counties of Colorado are important components
of government since the state has no secondary civil subdivisions such as townships. Two counties, the City and
County of Denver and the City and County of Broomfield, have consolidated city and county governments..
No organized counties of the District of Louisiana, the Territory of Missouri, or the Territory of Nebraska
existed within the present boundaries of the State of Colorado. |
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Weld County, Colorado
Weld County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Greeley
Year Organized: 1861
Square Miles: 3,993 |
Court House: 950 O Street
Centennial Center
Greeley, CO 80632-0758
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Weld County is named in honor of Lewis Ledyard Weld, the first Secretary of the Territory of Colorado.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act created the Nebraska Territory and the Kansas Territory, divided by the
Parallel 40° North (Baseline Road or County Line Road or Weld County Road 2 in the future Weld County). Present-day Weld
County, Colorado, lay in the southwestern portion of the Nebraska Territory, bordering the Kansas Territory.
Geography
Weld County lies within the relatively flat eastern half of Colorado; the northeastern portions of
the county contain the extensive Pawnee National Grassland and the Pawnee Buttes, which jut 250 feet
above the surrounding terrain. Along the western border some low hills betray the presence of the
foothills of the Rocky Mountains further west.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Kimball County, Neb.
- East: Logan County
- Southeast: Morgan County
- South: Adams County
- Southwest: Boulder County
- West: Larimer County
- Northwest: Laramie County, Wyo.
Cities and Towns:
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- Ault |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Brighton |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Dacono |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Eaton |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Erie |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Evans |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Firestone |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Fort Lupton |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Fort Morgan |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Frederick |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Garden City |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Gilcrest |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Greeley
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Grover |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hudson |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Johnstown |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Keenesburg |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Kersey |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- La Salle |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Longmont |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mead |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Milliken |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Nunn |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pierce |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Platteville |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Raymer |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Severance |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Windsor |
town |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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